KNOXVILLE — The coronavirus pandemic has altered the 2020 college football season.
The Southeastern Conference will kick off its 10-game league-only campaign Sept. 26. Tennessee will travel to South Carolina in Week 1.
Student-athletes, coaches, graduate-assistants, trainers, managers and all other personnel that go through a daily process of being part of a college football program can run a risk of having to quarantine due to COVID-19 this season.
If Jeremy Pruitt had to self-quarantine due to COVID-19, Tennessee’s wide receivers and assistant head coach Tee Martin would fill in for his absence. Martin also serves as the Vols’ passing game coordinator.
“Tee is the assistant head coach — obviously, it would be Tee,” Pruitt said of who would take over as interim head coach if he gets placed into quarantine.
The Week 1 Tennessee-South Carolina contest is slated for a 7:30 p.m. ET start and will be televised by SEC Network.
